Having looked at the way releasing packages and versions in linux has
been moving in a number of distributions it is interesting that there
are several that now have a rolling-release model.
Three of these are:
Debian CUT:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/debian-cut-a-new-rolling-release/http://cut.debian.net/
Opensuse Tumbleweed:
http://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed
Arch Linux:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Linux
Gentoo is also essentially a rolling release distribution.
Fedora would appear to be out of line in not taking on board the
potential user base for a rolling release version. For servers there
would be huge advantages in management of systems.
Is there any support at all within the development community for a
rolling release version of Fedora (and possibly ulitimately Redhat)?
Is there a possibility that not moving to rolling release could
ultimately damage Fedora in the future as other distributions increase
their support base?
I thought this might lead to a useful discussion and this post is not
supposed to be a flame bait but a genuine question that is potentially
quite fundamental to the future of Fedora. Applying innovative and
careful thought to this question might be helpful to the Fedora
project as a whole.
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mike c